Forgot to feed the meter? Emma Roberts suffers the wrath of the parking inspector with a ticket

She's been trying to get back into her LA groove while on a break from filming the New Orleans-set Empire State with Liam Hemsworth.

Actress Emma Roberts looked less than thrilled to have to pay a hefty ticket from the merciless Beverly Hills parking inspector earlier today.

Shortly after receiving her citation, the 21-year-old niece of Julia Roberts slightly defended her actions by re-tweeting a parking-related post from her Art of Getting By co-star, and fellow celebrity spawn, Sasha Spielberg.

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Gotcha! Emma Roberts looked less than thrilled to have to pay a hefty ticket from the merciless Beverly Hills parking inspector earlier today

'Whenever I see the one car in the
tow zone, the romantic in me thinks it is for an act of love that the
man has left his car there,' the Aquamarine star re-tweeted to her 1.1
million followers.

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Emma then tackled at least one important LA task - cleaning out her dusty Range Rover.

'Just cleaned out my car and found way too many McDonalds French fries under the seats @ChristyCham,' she tweeted.

Ugh! Looking annoyed, the 21-year-old niece of Julia Roberts went fuss-free in a simple grey-striped t-shirt half tucked into her skinny blue jeans

Meter maid: Not even world-famous celebrities can avoid receiving a dreaded parking ticket on occasion

Cleanliness next to godliness: Emma also tackled cleaning out her Range Rover where she 'found way too many McDonalds French fries under the seats' today

Roberts went fuss-free while driving
around in a simple grey-striped T-shirt half tucked into her
skinny blue jeans, and elaborately-buckled booties.

These boots were made for walking: Emma displayed a snazzy pair of elaborately-buckled booties

With her dark blonde hair down, the Scream 4 star was seen carrying a make-up bag covered in a lip design and a khaki jacket.

The Neutrogena spokesmodel recently
spoke toPeople Magazine about how she avoids sunburn by slathering on generous amounts of the company's Fresh Cooling Body Mist Sunblock.

'I try to find a pool,' Roberts said
of the summer season, 'And definitely use sunscreen because I’m the
palest person on the planet.'

Her new film Empire State, which also
stars Dwayne Johnson, Nikki Reed, and Shenae Grimes, follows the story
of two childhood friends who plan to rob an armored car depository, but
are thwarted by a New York City police officer.

'I do play a waitress, and I play kind of friend, love interest to Liam Hemsworth,' Emma told MTV News.

'It’s based on a true story, and it’s a heist movie, so it’s pretty awesome.'

When filming concludes, Emma plans on spending her summer hanging out with Los Angeles friends, and she said, 'I really, really want to go to Hawaii at some point.'

Meet
Nancy: Emma had rollers in her hair on the Empire State set last week,
where she play a waitress and love interest to Liam Hemsworth

Working girl: Her film Empire State, which also stars Nikki Reed, follows the story of two childhood friends who plan to rob an armoured car depository

Last week, she was spotted rushing about the Empire State set with rollers in her hair, while 22-year-old Liam has been seen in a white T-shirt and black trousers.

Hemsworth may have mixed feelings about Emma's next film Celeste and Jesse Forever, as she does her best Miley Cyrus-esque impression playing popstar Riley in the dramedy.

The film, due for release next month, stars Andy Samberg and Rashida Jones as a longtime couple who attempt to remain 'best friends' after breaking up.

Don't
tell Liam! Emma's co-star might have mixed feelings about Celeste and
Jesse Forever, in which Emma does a send up of a Miley Cyrus-esque pop
star

Emma will also star in the John Cusack comedy Adult World later this year, and she'll team up with British actor Craig Roberts in an untitled comedy due out next year.

And though Emma has said that playing Anastasia Steele in the Universal Pictures adaptation of the erotic bestseller 50 Shades of Grey would be 'awesome' she has yet to actually read the steamy novel.